Ayutthia (Ayodhya!) Palace
As we approached our new destination, I saw elephants with people mounted strolling on the side of the road. There was a whole...
Relaxed evening
It was going to be 3 PM. We still have to go to the Ayutthia Museum which contained some of the artifacts collected while excavating the...
Departure from Bangkok
By talking to people and reading the literature, I have learned that the Thai royal household still maintains the royal "rajguru", the...
Arrival Siem Reap
Hindu cosmology proposes cyclicity. Early animists did observe that everything repeats and hence human life also should repeat. In such...
On to the monuments
The main road traffic in Siem Reap is like a medium level town in India. People are on bicycles, motorcycles, and three-wheelers. Cars...
Shiva and Vishnu
I am sitting in front of five Shiva shrines which might have been a place of utter importance a thousand years ago. Shiva is an...
Bayon (Brahma!)
One notices that the stones are stacked one over the other and there is no grout or mortar. There is also no iron rod or plate...
Bayon Thom (Brahmadham!)
Mr Kushal drove me to an area which looked like a Restaurants' Row. There were about a dozen food houses of various sizes tucked inside...
Evening at Siem Reap
I requested Mr Kushal to return at 7:30 in the morning and walked to my room. Since I had opted for a lodge, the room had only bare...
Baphuon
The Cool Inn was a newly constructed building. So the fittings and the features were expected to be conforming to the current usage. ...
